R&D Food Process Engineer

R&D Food Process Engineer

The R&D Food Process Engineer will lead the development and optimization of new or existing product and processes of fresh-cut vegetables, from seed selection to final customer. The R&D Food Process Engineer is knowledgeable about process engineering, physicochemical properties of foods, microbiology, and has an understanding of how machinery is designed, functions and interacts with food. Under the supervision of the Research & Development Director, the R&D Food Process Engineer will lead the design, coordination and execution of research and trials; he/she will develop recommendations accordingly and help drive product and/or process decisions for the business.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Conduct research trials for the optimization of fresh-cut unit operations to maximize efficiencies, quality improvement and cost reductions of new and existing processes and/or products, including proof of concept testing, technical feasibility, scale-up and manufacturing trials of proposed projects.

Collect and analyze data, deduct the significance of the experimental results and provide conclusions, recommendations and next steps to team members and stakeholders in technical project reports.